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Originally Posted by CroFlames
You know for fact that Chicago, LA and Pittsburgh were falling over themselves to sign Iggy?
Iggy signed with likely the only team who offered him a fair deal. Lucky for him, it was multi-year. The year he left the Pens, they said they would have loved to keep him around, but it didn't make sense with the cap situation. Same with the Bruins.
And like others have said, the Avs looked really good that year.
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Iggy reportedly turned down a 4 year offer from the Islanders and also was pursued by Tampa but chose Denver for family reasons. The Avs were coming off an extremely strong year with a core group of players 23 and under including a mega hyped 1st overall pick in MacKinnon.